KVR Audio

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:45 pm

Examigan wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:43 pm It wouldn't hurt though.

It would dilute the concept of the synth, though. I maintain my stance here, analog modelled filters are not needed everywhere.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:48 pm

EvilDragon wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:42 pm
JerGoertz wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 10:58 pm - Updated analog-modeled oscillators and ZDF filters
This is the wrong synth for that.

I assumed they were joking.
rsp

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:49 pm

My only wishlist will have been make the GUI bigger and make it so the three channels have their own outputs. #1 is almost a certainty. #2 isn't that big a deal but that's about it. Whatever Mr Clevinger will do will be correct in spirit, I don't need to offer any ideas.

I agree with ED about 'not the right synth for that'. Frankly I chafe a bit any time I see 'Absynth needs better filters'. That really misses the boat IME.

Echoes in the Attic · Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:57 pm

Absynth doesn’t necessarily need the best analog modeled filters however there is some room for improvement there. Like virus style screaming resonant overdriven filters never hurt.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:55 am

I bought Absynth5 approx. 7 years ago, but didn't start using it until early 2022. Since then, it's appeared on almost 50% of my tracks. It's a constant source of inspiration.

I'm looking forward to version 6, although I haven't scratched the surface of v5 yet.

MrJubbly · Post by **MrJubbly** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:56 am

MrJubbly · Post by **MrJubbly** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:57 am

faxinadu wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 7:04 pm A lot of stuff in this thread is not gonna age well in a few days

I hope when Absynth 6 does launch it can have a brand new KVR thread, based soley upon what the plugin actually is, as opposed to what everyone thought it might be.

Especially since this pre-release speculation thread is already so long and convoluted (currently 30 pages and counting).

In preparation thereof, would the OP kindly rename this thread to something perhaps more appropriate, like "Absynth 6 - Pre-Release Speculation Thread" or suchlike? So the actual realease thread doesn't get confused with this one?

I'd hate to have to navigate 30 or 40+ pages deep (by then) just to locate the details and discussions about the released plugin once it drops.

If the plugin is as great as many believe it to be, it deserves to be treated as such...

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:04 am

Echoes in the Attic wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 9:38 pm Ok so what is everyone’s wish list?

Nicer interface. MPE (and the ability to use only pressure for voice volume without an envelope interfering, one way or another). Some way to make it drone without holding a MIDI note would be nice.

It's honestly been ages since I used Absynth 5, so my memory of the details is quite fuzzy.

sunthief01 · Post by **sunthief01** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:43 am

Love the idea of a drone switch - sustain all the way up and gate locked open.

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:48 am

vurt wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 9:41 pm
Echoes in the Attic wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 9:38 pm Ok so what is everyone’s wish list?

something i cant quite put my finger on, but will know it when it happens. and i fully expect it to deliver

I'm going with my pretty basic general 'desire'... that I can freeze or lock any/all segments/actions of its parameters/settings, so that when I load an existing preset, or one I am working on from scratch (init) and load a sample, what has been set or done will affect it (the sample) without reverting to anything other than what is loaded/set when I locked it. That 'feature' always makes me happy.

Funky40 · Post by **Funky40** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:58 am

Shabdahbriah wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:48 am That 'feature' always makes me happy.

That´d be great. +1

MrJubbly wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:57 am I hope when Absynth 6 does launch it can have a brand new KVR thread, based soley upon what the plugin actually is, as opposed to what everyone thought it might be.

Totally !

and +1 on the: "rename -then- this thread"

faxinadu · Post by **faxinadu** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 5:25 am

foosnark wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:04 am
Echoes in the Attic wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 9:38 pm Ok so what is everyone’s wish list?
Nicer interface. MPE (and the ability to use only pressure for voice volume without an envelope interfering, one way or another). Some way to make it drone without holding a MIDI note would be nice.

It's honestly been ages since I used Absynth 5, so my memory of the details is quite fuzzy.

you'll be happy

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 5:26 am

Mostly I'm going to be happy with a larger GUI, a different way than the diamond parameter things, maybe improvements in the sampling capabilities? and whatever Brian brings. MPE knowing NI seems like a long shot, but it would be cool to be surprised.

Absynth was the first softsynth that copied nothing in the hardware world, and the first softsynth that beyond samplers (which are/were IMO always better on the computer), proved what is possible with synth plugins. It still sounds unique, and those that don't get it, don't have to. Not everyone likes every flavor of ice cream FFS?

liquidsound · Post by **liquidsound** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 5:52 am

At least NI is doing something with this old gem

Unlike AAS with their Tassman

machinesworking · Post by **machinesworking** » Sun Dec 07, 2025 6:08 am

liquidsound wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 5:52 am At least NI is doing something with this old gem
Unlike AAS with their Tassman

I have never witnessed a plugin developer drop the ball as hard and as permanently as AAS have with String Studio, it still does not do MPE. Guess what does though? the old version of String Studio tech AAS licensed to Ableton for Live as Tension.

So far only their new modular synth does MPE, because F*ck you, that's why.